CSC has been partnering with organisations supporting street children in the Philippines since 2017. Children in street situations in the Philippines have been particularly vulnerable to the administration’s campaign on illegal drugs which is reflected in its approach that seeks to control and remove children. In the ‘war on drugs’ street children have fallen victim to extrajudicial killings, arbitrary detention, persecution and violence, and violations of their rights. Street children have also been seriously affected by the lowering of the minimum age at which a child can be held criminally responsible. See below for our long-term work with our partners in the Philippines.